Nothing Like Prayer with Repentance

Why do some people spit while reciting “Aleinu?”

Lecha Dodi- Changing the Tune

Saying Kaddish

How Many Should be Saying Kaddish?

Ask the Rabbi: The Chazan’s Pre-Birkat Kohanim Practice

Say a Prayer, and Beware

An Oleh Who Wants to Lain His Aliya

Early Maariv

Nefilat Apayim without a Sefer Torah

What are the rules of when one does and does not do Nefilat Apayim (putting one’s head down and partially covering it) during Tachanun?

Between Yishtabach and Borchu

Since Az Yashir, which concludes pesukei dezimra, is in parshas Beshalach, this article about the conclusion of Pesukei Dezimra is most appropriate.

May I Eat before I Daven?

Since the Gemara notes that a source in this week’s parsha teaches that Yaakov introduced the Maariv prayers…

What Is The Power Of A Bracha?

Blended and Synthetic Tzitzis

According to Chazal, as reward for Avraham turning down the king of Sodom’s offer, and declining to take even a chut, a thread, his descendants were rewarded with the mitzvah of tzitzis.

Mother’s Name for prayers for Ill Convert

What is the correct formula in prayers for Ill Convert

May I Daven in English?

The end of parshas Noach teaches about the beginning of languages…

Taking Over as Chazan after Yishtabach

I was supposed to take over as chazan at Yishtabach, but I absentmindedly said Yishtabach quietly as the previous chazan was finishing Az Yashir. I quickly asked him to say Yishtabach and Chatzi Kaddish, after which I took over. Was this appropriate?

Chazan Having Trouble Taking Three Steps Back

As chazan, I was unable to take three steps back after my silent Shemoneh Esrei because someone was davening close behind me even when the gabbai signaled me to start chazarat hashatz. What should I have done at that point?

Grand Opening!

Why is Kaddish in Aramaic? Isn’t it prohibited to pray in Aramaic and Arabic? In which arm does a lefty hold the sefer Torah? Do I join everyone in reciting Berich She’mei when I am in the middle of pesukei dezimra?

Taking out the Sefer Torah

Which Keil erech apayim should I say? My wife is due to give birth shortly, and I am saying kaddish for my father. On the days that the Torah is read, should I l daven before the amud”, open the aron hakodesh, or do both? When do I recite Berich She’mei?

Missing the Reading II

I will be traveling to Eretz Yisrael this spring, and will miss one of the parshiyos. Can I make up the missing kerias haTorah? I will be traveling from Eretz Yisrael to the United States after Pesach. Do I need to review the parsha twice?